"Shaandaar" is scheduled to release coinciding with Dussehra next month. "'Gulabo..' was the first song that Shahid and I had to do. I was damn nervous dancing with him. I had to have at least 10 per cent of his energy. He has 100 percent. I rehearsed a lot. I did work hard a lot," Alia told reporters here at a promotional event of the Vikas Bahl-directed film.

"I cried also for this, for getting such (hard) steps. But Shahid helped me a lot," she said. Choreographer Bosco too agreed that Alia did cry whileperfecting her dance steps.

Shahid said he faced a lot of competition from his 22-year-old co-star as she would be rehearsing while he was hanging out on the sets.

"Today's actors are 'shana' (smart). We usually used to hang out everyday after the shoot. I got to know that Alia used to rehearse. As she wanted to get better than me. There was competition for it."

Both the actors broke into a jig in front of media at the event. It is for the first time that Shahid, 34, and Alia have teamed up for a film and their on-screen chemistry in the movie's trailer has been largely appreciated.